Jeff Atwood's blog brought Dustin Brooks work to attention.  How much  attention?  It got on Slashdot.org.

Dustin used Reflector to check out a program that is used to back up a popular email service and discovered a little gem of code that to be honest is pretty evil.  That code sent your user name and password back to the creator of that backup program.  Most people reuse their passwords for different services and that is pretty scary if you ask me.

Just remember, when programming, please don't be a bad apple.  Some API's do require user authentication and actions like this can stop people from using some cool applications.

Boo'erns I say.

Now back to your friendly neighborhood hardware / software mash-up applications.